Back in the 1940s, Kenneth and Mamie Clark – a husband-and-wife team of psychology researchers – used dolls to investigate how young Black children viewed their racial identities. They found that ...

It was a simple test. You give a child two dolls, one white, one brown, and ask the child which one he or she likes best. Which one do they want to play with? Which one is the "nice" doll? Which one ...

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It was the psychological study that shaped a generation: Drs. Kenneth and Mamie Clark's doll test. Candace McCowan has more. Brittney Johnson debuts as 'Wicked's' first Black 'Glinda' It showed what ...

This month, Kmart began selling up to four dozen new ethnic dolls in its stores. Coincidentally, this is the year that Brown v. Board of Education was effectively overturned by the Supreme Court. A ...

The reassuring female voice asks the child a question: “Can you show me the doll that looks bad?” The child, a preschool-aged black girl, quickly picks up and shows the black doll over a white one ...

It can be argued that the U.S. Supreme Court’s 1954 Brown v. Board of Education ruling that overturned the legal doctrine of “separate but equal” is one of the most monumental decisions in the history ...

In this documentary film, 41 Danish children aged four to eight must choose the most beautiful doll. The film, inspired by a similar American experiment from the 1940s, was made by actor and debater ...